Ball game



J. F. SMILEY.

BALL GAME.

APPLICATION l 1 LED APR 5 W20 Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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BALL GA ME. I APPLICATION FILED APR\ 5. I920.

1309,0333, Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

ears!) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. SMILEY, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Application filed April 5, 1920. Serial No. 371,533.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the batting BALL GAME.

1 4 9 3c; Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it 1 C11 that 1, JOHN F. SMILEY, a

c moi citizen oi? the Dallas, in the Texas,

United States, residing at f. county or Dallas and btate of have invented certain new and userul Improvements in Ball Games, of which the Tying" out the invention a. game board i provided with a baseball diamond and o l positions. Panels are provided in whic atting order of the teams is incated by dividuelly h.ted and players are also provided in form of movable. manikms whirl. may be paced 1n the line-up panel the when the team is batting or adjacent the held positions when the team is in the field.

mav be placed under tension and released so as to strike the ball in a realistic manner and revolve the arm. A playing circle is pro vided and subdivided with designations each indicating a co" ain play in the game oi baseball, the point oi the arm fleeing over these de. 'gnat-ions and the play being indine: designation at which the point stops. It particular feature is the arrangement oi the batting device which is automatically carried out of the path of the ball and after batting said ball. Another feature which may be provided are erasable panels provided on the board so that the score may be kept and other data may be written dovm' during the game and then erased after the game is played. This. however, is not an eutial "feature.

The invention .Jill be more readily understood from reading of the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Fig. l is a plan View of a baseball game V constructed in accordance with this inventerial is arranged.

. 9 nrinii-ipal "feature of the invention is and a resilient batting device which.

device,

Fig. 4 is a detail of the spring actuating means for the batting device, partly in section,

Fig. 5 is a detail in plan of the same, and

Fig. 6 is an elevation of one of the player manikins.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a game board in the central portion of which a baseball diamond 11 is printed or otherwise depicted. The game board is provided with medallions 12 of a distinguishing color. and located at the positions occupied by the different players and each bearing a legend designating the position or base. 011 each side of the game board a panel 13 is provided, at the top of each panel a writing plate 14 of celluloid or other suitable ma- Each panel is divided into a number of spaces in sequence each bearing a legend designating the position of the player. The sequence of the designation is the batting order ot the team. Near the bottom oi the board a panel 15 is provided and may include subdivisions 1.6 of celluloid or other material on which matter may be written and erased. On the opposite side of he board panels 17 and 18 respectively are provided and these may be made of celluloid or like material and subdivided to form a score board. It will be seen that the names of the teams may be written on the writing plate 14, the names of the umpires in the spaces 16 and a complete score kept in the panels 17 and 18. After the game is com plete and before starting another game the figures and data may be erased as will be obvious.

As is shown in Figs. 1 and 6 I provide a plurality of figures or manikins 19, and these may be made of any material, but I prefer to cast the same of metal and provide each with a base 20 so that it will stand upright and may be easily moved about the board. ln Fig.1 these figures are shown in the various positions which they would occupy during an actual ball game, the panels 13 simulating the benches on which the players sit while waiting their turn at the bat. There are. of course, 18 of these figures and 9 of them may be painted or otherwise ornamented to distinguish them from the other 9 so as to represent the opposing team as in a ball game. Within the diamond 11 a circular panel or plain circle 21 is provided,

I 34: and is coiled about the same.

this circle is subdivided into a pluralityof radial spaces 22 each of which is printed with a legend indicating some play in the game of baseball. At the center of the circle and likewise the center of the diamond,

an arm 23 is pivoted. V

"A pedestal'24 is mounted at the center of the circle and has a reduced upstanding pintle 25 which has its upper end screwithreaded. The arm 23 is provided with a depending integral collar 26 surrounding the pintle and resting on the pedestal; The

; screw-threaded portion of the 'pintle extends through the arm and above the latter and receives a cap nut 27 which has a marglnal extension 28 so that the top of'the nut forms -;ing of. a. striker 32, a base plate 33 and a 30,

post'34 is mounted within the diamondat the edge or" the circle 21 and adjacent the home plate. The striker is illustrated in detail in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, and is pivoted in termediate its end on the post. A. coiled spring 35 has one end fastened to the post The other end of the spring is extended to form an angular arm 36 having its outer end upturned and engaging in the striking end of the part 32; the opposite end of the striker being flattened at37 to provide a finger The spring and arm 36 are arranged so as to normally hold the striker tangential to the circle and out of the path of the arm 23 so that the latter is free to revolve. In operating the device the arm is positioned as shown in Fig. 1 so as to bring the ball 29 in line between the pitching position and the home plate, the pitcher manikins 19 being set upon the platform'28. Before the arm is swung to this position the striker is swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 whereby its swing is placed under tension. The striker is held in this position until the arm is moved to bring the ball in the batting position. The striker is thenreleased and impinges the ball whereby the arm 23 is caused to rotate rapidly. The

and is counted accordingly. It will be seen that all of the various plays may be ari The play indicated in this space is the result ranged in spaces in the circle 21 but it is I not thought necessary to illustrate all or" these and they permit of considerable variance.

I In playing the game one team of manikins 19 is placed in the field and the other is arranged in the panel 13 which is chosen for it. The name of the team may be writ ten on the plate 14L on the top of the panel. The names of the umpires may be written in the panel 16. The strike, balls, out and runs may be enumerated in the panel 17 as the game progresses'and thescore may be set down in the panel-18 in which the names of, both teams may also be written as is ob-' vious. The game is played according to the rules of the regular baseball game. The first player in the line up goes to the bat and the inanikin 19 is removed from the panel 13 and placed 'on'side of the home plate and the'ball 29 then batted. The ball is batted and the arm'23 rotated until the player .is either out or gets on base. Fig. 1, the first manikin, 18 shown on first base and the second one is at the home plate. It is not considered necessary to go into the details of the game as this is generally unden stood.

What I claim, is:

A game of the character described including a playing board, play indicating means including'a spinner, and actuating means for said spinner, said actuating means comprising a pivot pin having a base portion secured upon said board, a bat element rotatably mounted upon said pivot pin, a coiled spring positioned about said pivot pin beneath said bat element and having one end portion anchored to said pin and its second end portion extended to provide an arm connected with one end portion of said bat element,- the second end portion of the gaging portion permitting the bat element to be easily graspedand rotated against the action of said spring and then'released.

bat element constituting the handle portion and being tapered to provide afin'ger en-T' In testimony whereof I affix my signature; 7

, JOHN nsMiLEY. 

